ACI – The Financial Markets Association (ACIFMA) announces the appointment of Kim Winding Larsen as the new ‘president delegate’ of the wholesale markets trade association as of September 1. Larsen’s appointment comes after a thorough review process by the ACIFMA Management Board’s Selection Committee, the trade group says. Larsen spent his long career at Danske […]

Justin Klug has been appointed president of Capitolis, having most recently served as chief operating officer of the company. Klug has served on the Capitolis leadership team for the past two years, having joined from his role as managing director at Credit Suisse where he led the US rates structuring team and was responsible for […]

Don Byron has joined the Futures Industry Association (FIA) as head of global industry operations and execution. In this role, he will be responsible for developing and implementing industry solutions relating to clearing operations, execution technology, cybersecurity and market structure issues and will be the principal FIA liaison with the divisions and committees representing these […]

BestX has hired Pete Salvatore as VP, sales and client support. Based in New York, Salvatore joins having most recently worked at ITG/Virtu Financial as an FX analytics account manager for six years. At ITG, he worked with Jim Cochrane, who is now MD and head of sales for North America at BestX. Prior to […]

Bryan Seegers is joining Citadel Securities next month in an eFX sales role, reporting to Kevin Kimmel, global head of eFX. He will be based in New York. Seegers was most recently with Jefferies, where he was an SVP responsible for global eFX trading, algo execution and liquidity management. Prior to the last two years […]

As it seeks to appoint to senior roles in the division, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has announced that it will restructure the leadership of its Markets Group to “best meet its critical responsibilities”. The previous position of executive vice president and head of the Markets Group was held by Simon Potter, who […]

BNY Mellon has appointed Daniel Tenengauzer as head of markets strategy and insights and leader of its Aerial View market commentary platform. He will also act as a media spokesperson for BNY Mellon on global macroeconomic and geopolitical issues, succeeding current strategy chief, Simon Derrick, who is retiring at the end of October. Tenengauzer started […]

Edgewater Markets has reshuffled two of its management team following on from the recent announcement of its digital asset-focused spin–off, Edgewater Digital Technologies (EDT). Jeff Johnson, who is currently the chief accounting and control officer at Edgewater Markets, will now also serve as the COO of EDT in addition to his existing role, while Matthew […]

Dawn Newsome has been appointed as regional CEO Americas at TP ICAP in New York. She will start on 1 September and joins from Nomura Securities, where she was managing director, CTO Global Rates. “Dawn’s remit will be to oversee culture, risk and governance in the Americas and have oversight of the regional support functions […]

Daniel Gorfine is leaving his position as chief innovation office at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and director of LabCFTC. Gorfine, who also served as designated federal officer of the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee, will depart in mid-August to return to the private sector. He had been with the commission since 2017. “We […]